1) Abscond 2) Absquatulate 3) Alert 4) Ascendonwings 5) Aviate 6) Bait 7) Blast 8) Blowfly 9) Bluebottle 10) Bound 11) Buzzingnuisance 12) Cunning 13) Dash 14) Elope 15) Fishermanslure 16) Flee 17) Float 18) Glide 19) Glossina 20) Gobyplane 21) Hedgehop 22) Housefly 23) Insect 24) Jump 25) Knowing 26) Liner
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1) Alert 2) American jazz ensemble 3) Annoying buzzer 4) Archie Comics superhero 5) Archie Comics title 6) Ascend 7) Attempt to escape 8) Aviate 9) Ball to the outfield 10) Birds and bees do it 11) Birds do it, bees do it 12) Bluebottle 13) Bonds might catch it 14) Bothersome insect 15) British slang for a policeman
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An imitation of a fish food item, traditionally very light and made of hair, feathers and thread tied to a hook. Modern flies have many synthetic materials and often include lead to help them sink.
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• (v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. • (v. i.) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append. • (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the c...
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any of several thousand species of insects characterized by the use of only one pair of wings for flight and the reduction of the second pair of ... [4 related articles]
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A sheet folded once to make four pages.
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1. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird. ... 2. To move through the air or before the wind; especially, to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse. ... 3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag. ' Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.' (Job v. 7) ... 4. To move or pass swiftly; to ...
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(fli) any of a large group of dipterous (two-winged) insects; many species are vectors of organisms causing disease. deer fly Chrysops discalis. tsetse fly , tzetze fly a fly of the genus Glossina, the transmitter of trypanosomiasis.
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Fly adjective Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning. [ Slang]
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Fly noun ;
plural Flies (flīz). [ Middle English
flie ,
flege , Anglo-Saxon
flȳge ,
fleóge , from
fleógan to fly; akin to Dutch
vlieg , Old High German
flioga , German
fliege , Icelandic & Swedish
fluga ,...
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Fly transitive verb 1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc. « The brave black flag I
fly .»
W. S. Gilbert. 2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid. « Sleep
flies the wretch.»
Dryden. «...
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Fly (flī) intransitive verb [ imperfect Flew (flū); past participle Flown (flōn); present participle & verbal noun Flying .] [ Middle English fleen , fleen , fleyen
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an artificial bait made from natural and synthetic material, to imitate insects, fish, animals etc
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An imitation of a fish food item, traditionally very light and made of hair, feathers and thread tied to a hook. Modern flies have many synthetic materials and often include lead to help them sink.
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Cool, same as 'fresh'. Early hip-hop term.
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Fly was a name formerly given to a double-seated carriage or public conveyance; afterwards the term was applied to the horse-drawn hackney-carriages or cabs.
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Fly is the term for a winged insect of various genera and species, whose distinguishing characteristics are that the wings are transparent and have no cases or covers. By these marks flies are distinguished from beetles, butterflies, grasshoppers, etc
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HMS Fly was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Fly was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and two dep...
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Fly is slang for knowing, fully understanding another's meaning.
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Diptera - the Diptera/true flies are an Order of insects. Characteristically they have one pair of wings, the hind wings being reduced to balance organs called halteres.
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pilot verb fly a plane
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adjective (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
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Any insect of the order Diptera. A fly has a single pair of wings, antennae, and compound eyes; the hind wings have become modified into knoblike projections (halteres) used to maintain equilibrium in flight. There are over 90,000 species. The mouthparts project from the head as a proboscis used for sucking fluids, modified in some species, suc...
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An imitation of a fish food item, traditionally very light and made of hair, feathers and thread tied to a hook. Modern flies have many synthetic materials and often include lead to help them sink.
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an artificial lure hand tied with different natural and synthetic materials tied on hooks.
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